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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Halliday realize are not dead?
(a) The Cox's ducks.
(b) The Wilcox's puppies.
(c) The Wilcox's kittens.
(d) The Richards' chickens.

2. What does the narrator say Mr. Richards plunges his hands through his hair like?
(a) A somnambulist.
(b) A farmer.
(c) A butcher.
(d) A hypnotist.

3. Why did Mr. Richards decide against saving the Reverend Burgess?
(a) He did not want to be unpopular.
(b) He did not have the pluck.
(c) He was too lazy.
(d) Burgess deserved what he got.

4. What does the narrator say Hadleyburg is known to most Americans as?
(a) Hadleyburg the Disruptible.
(b) Hadleyburg the Lovable.
(c) Hadleyburg the Incorruptible.
(d) Hadleyberg the Discernable.

5. Why does Mrs. Richards say they cannot find the right man?
(a) He is a higher force.
(b) He is in another town.
(c) He is a con artist.
(d) He is in his grave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following words best describes Jack Halliday?

2. What kind of fit does Mrs. Richards fall into as she feels the sack?

3. How does Mr. Richards imagine Goodson tried to kill himself?

4. Where do Mr. And Mrs. Richards have to go to in the morning?

5. What does the narrator say the stranger looks like?

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